New Zealand Cricket has announced its 17-member A squad for the tours of Australia and India starting next month. The team will play two one-dayers and a three-day game against a Queensland XI in Brisbane before departing for India. The second leg of the tour includes a one-day tri-series also featuring Australia A, and two […]
Pakistan are confident that they will be able to confirm a tri-series in either South Africa or Australia in order to fill the gap created by the postponement of the Champions Trophy which was scheduled to be held in September.
Shafqat Naghmi, Pakistan board’s chief operating officer, told the News that they would contact Australia and […]
Upul Tharanga stood out with a quick-fire 169 as Sri Lanka A gained valuable batting practice in their high-scoring draw against the South African Challenge XI at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni.
Batting first, Sri Lanka set off at a rollicking pace despite the early dismissal of Tharanga Paranavitana, reaching 50 in the ninth over. Tharanga […]
Yorkshire outplayed Kent in all departments of the game to win a convincing victory by seven wickets. Richard Pyrah was the best of a mean seam bowling attack, backed up by some superb catching, while Anthony McGrath played one of his special one-day innings to lead the charge home. Kent will be disappointed by their […]
Indians must get on the top of their Sri Lankan nemesis Ajantha Mendis by punishing him for his bad deliveries to bring him under pressure, says Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
“It is more about him (Mendis). If he bowls a bad ball then punish him and build up pressure on him. If you continue to […]
Australia opener Matthew Hayden has been ruled out of the home one-day series against Bangladesh.
The 36-year-old has failed to recover from an Achilles tendon injury in time for the three-match series in Darwin, which begins on Saturday. Read more
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Chris Nash and Michael Yardy spun Sussex Sharks to a four-wicket victory over Lancashire Lightning which lifted them to the top of NatWest Pro40 Division One.
All-rounder Yardy did the early damage to remove dangerman Lou Vincent after he struck a 53-ball half-century and then later captured the wickets of Francois du Plessis for four and […]
Australia opener Matthew Hayden has been ruled out of the home one-day series against Bangladesh.
The 36-year-old has failed to recover from an Achilles tendon injury in time for the three-match series in Darwin, which begins on Saturday. Read more
Courtesy: news.bbc.co.uk
When you consider that Zaheer Khan hadn’t played one-day cricket since November and Munaf Patel since one miserable day in February, and that Praveen Kumar had taken one wicket from four matches at an average of 174 in his last series, it’s rather stunning they have been the most inspiring aspect of India’s current campaign. […]
If Sri Lanka are to turn this series around and add to their Test triumph, their much-vaunted batting line-up has to come out of its current trough. On Sunday, for the second game running, India’s medium-pace trio of Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel left the batsmen searching for answers. The script read much […]
Pakistan Academy, led by an all-round display from Anwar Ali and the steadying hand of centurion Ali Asad, took a firm grip on the match as Zimbabwe Board XI collapsed to 101 for 5, still 181 runs adrift of the follow-on target.
Asad and Ali, the two overnight batsmen, showed ominous intent as Pakistan resumed on […]
Australia opener Matthew Hayden has been ruled out of the home one-day series against Bangladesh.
The 36-year-old has failed to recover from an Achilles tendon injury in time for the three-match series in Darwin, which begins on Saturday. Read more
Courtesy: news.bbc.co.uk